Einstein Of The Week!

[Theunicornhunter 2]

These people get the moron of the century award. There should be some job vacancies in Tennessee.

[Kor37 9]

Man Breaks Into, Then Out of Jail Cell

AP

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (May 14) - A bumbling intruder broke into an empty New Zealand police station and accidentally locked himself in a cell, but managed to smash his way out again just before authorities arrived.

 

Sgt. Graham McGurk on Monday said the person broke into the deserted police station in the town of Matamata on North Island on Saturday night through the front office.

 

The intruder went to the cell bloc, and was accidentally locked in when a self-closing door clicked shut.

 

As police rushed to respond to an intruder alarm at the post, the intruder used a wooden chair that was inside the cell to smash through a window - supposedly outfitted with shatter-proof glass - to freedom.

 

Arriving officers could hear the intruder, but he fled through the front of the station as police were closing in from the back, McGurk said.

 

"It was quite unusual. The offender has almost done the job for us, getting himself locked in our cell," he said.

 

It wasn't known why the person broke into the police station, and nothing was stolen, McGurk said.

 

 

 

:P

[jadziaezri 0]

only in new zealand!!! they are to us like the canadians are to the americans.

 

on a star trek related note, tom paris was in a new zealand prison

[He Who Shall Not Be Named 2]

Well I'm glad to know New Zealand prisons improved a couple centuries from now.

[Kor37 9]

Man Put Feces in Ticket Payment, Police Say

AP

AUSTIN, Minn. (May 17) - An man who allegedly included dog feces along with his payment for a parking ticket has been charged with disorderly conduct. The 22-year-old man was charged with the misdemeanor May 11 in a criminal complaint filed in Mower County District Court.

 

The man's vehicle was ticketed on April 18 while it was parked in front of his residence. He put an envelope containing his payment and dog feces in a drop box at the law enforcement center, the complaint stated.

 

On April 25, an office employee for the Austin Police Department smelled a rank odor as she gathered envelopes from the box. Opening the envelopes, the woman noticed one leaking a brown fluid, which got onto her hands and her desk, according to the complaint.

 

The next morning the woman awoke with a headache and vomited repeatedly. She was hospitalized for about two days with an undetermined illness.

 

The man allegedly admitted putting his dog's feces in the envelope because he was upset at the time, the complaint stated. He told police he immediately regretted doing it because he realized a secretary would probably open it.

 

The man has been summoned to appear in court June 15.

 

 

 

How could this moron possibly think he could get away with this?.... :P

[He Who Shall Not Be Named 2]

I hope for his sake he had one of those non-lick envelopes.

[Vulcan_lover 1]

Come on, we've all thought about doing something like that, he was just had the balls and the lack of brain cells to do it.

[Kor37 9]

Burglarly Suspect Leaves Wallet at Scene

AP

McMINNVILLE, Tenn. (May 18) - Police say a man suspected of burglarizing several vehicles left a key piece of evidence at the scene of the alleged crimes - his wallet, with identification and his parole card.

 

Christopher D. Hasty, 22, was arrested after he was pointed out by apartment complex residents who said they saw him flee a car in the parking lot. Several cars had been burglarized in the lot where officers found the wallet.

 

Residents said they saw the suspect's baggy pants fall down as he was running away.

 

Officers found him inside a nearby apartment. A trail of footprints led from the door to woods where some of the items stolen from the cars were stashed.

 

Hasty faces auto burglary and theft charges.

 

 

 

[trekz 7]

Perhaps a bit too "hasty" in his escape plan?

[MrPsychic 1]

That's just terrible trekz

[Kor37 9]

Tot Dies After Mouth Taped Shut at Day Care

AP

TULSA, Okla. (May 19) - A day care worker was being held Saturday in the death of a 2-year-old boy who had his hands bound and his mouth covered with masking tape, police said.

 

 

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The boy, who had been on life support, died late Thursday, Officer Jason Willingham said.

 

Vicki Leigh Chiles was being held without bail on a complaint of first-degree murder. She was the only worker at the facility at the time, looking after eight children ages 7 and younger, Willingham said.

 

Chiles told police the boy would not be quiet for nap time, so she used tape to silence him, an arrest report states.

 

 

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The state agency that oversees child day care operators was investigating Chiles' business, said Mary Leaver, an agency spokeswoman.

 

 

 

[Theunicornhunter 2]

How sad this is - I don't know about licensing in OK but eight children is too many for one person (okay I know some families have eight children but usually not eight small at the same time).

[Kor37 9]

This week's winner needs no explanation. A picture is worth a thousand words......

 

 

http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.switched.../crazy-lady.jpg

[trekz 7]

There's an old song with the phrase "thoroughly modern Millie." This would qualify for "thoroughly modern Moron" imo. Good choice Kor!

[Kor37 9]

This Week's Winner:

 

Thief Asks Woman Out During Robbery

AP

MILWAUKEE (May 28) - A thief found out the hard way that robbing a woman isn't the best way to capture her heart.

 

Two men robbed a U-Haul store around 3 p.m. Sunday, taking an unspecified amount of cash, according the store's owner. But instead of fleeing, one man lingered and tried to strike up a conversation with the woman he had just robbed.

 

"He stuck around and was trying to get the female employee's number," U-Haul general manager Patrick Sobocinski said. "She said he was just saying, 'Hey baby, you're pretty fine."'

 

According to Sobocinski, one robber went behind the counter, put his hands around both employees' waists and demanded money.

 

The robber forced one employee to open the register and grabbed cash. Then he forced the workers to the ground and fled, but his accomplice waited for a few moments and then asked one clerk whether she'd go out with him, he said.

 

"She said he was saying, 'Can I get your number and go out sometime,"' Sobocinski said.

 

No surprise ending here - the woman turned him down, and he fled.

 

 

 

[jadziaezri 0]

she should have got his number and then the case would have been solved. This is an instance where leading a man on can be justified

[Kor37 9]

German Mistakes Subway for Parking Garage

Reuters

BERLIN (May 30) - A German mistook a subway entrance for an underground car park and her vehicle got stuck on the stairs, police said on Wednesday.

 

The 52-year-old drove her Volkswagen Beetle across the pavement in central Duesseldorf and into the entrance where it ground to a halt about five steps down, police said.

 

Police estimated the damage at around 1,500 euros, or $2,000.

 

[Gummy 0]

Wow.....

[Kor37 9]

Woman in Brown Lawn Case Wants to Move

AP

Posted: 2007-07-10 16:42:52

OREM, Utah (AP) - A woman who was injured and arrested during a struggle with a police officer over her brown lawn said she wants to move. "Since this has happened, I don't want to live in Orem anymore," Betty Perry said Monday. "I know now that I'll never see another winter" in the Utah County city.

 

Perry, 70, refused to give her name to an officer who visited Friday to issue a ticket for failing to take care of her front yard. She fell and hurt her nose as he tried to arrest her.

 

Perry was taken to a jail, where she spent more than an hour before officials decided custody was inappropriate. The officer, whose name has not been released, was suspended.

 

"What happened was not the way that we prefer to do business," Lt. Doug Edwards said. "But clearly she did some things that were wrong, too, in not just saying her name."

 

Mayor Jerry Washburn apologized to Perry. He said city law requires residents to maintain their yards and keep them free of junk, but few tickets have been issued for brown lawns.

 

He said the officer who was at Perry's house belonged to a unit that typically deals with drug houses and other illegal activity in neighborhoods.

 

"That is not our policy to go around and enforce green lawns," the mayor said.

 

Perry said she can't afford to water her grass.

 

"I want people to know that this is not American to handcuff and put somebody in jail because their lawn is brown," she said.

 

Information from: The Daily Herald, http://www.heraldextra.com

 

This cop is an idiot!

[Theunicornhunter 2]

I've actually been to Orem Utah not that that has anything to do with this post - but it's just funny to see it in the news - wierd news but news just the same.

Edited July 10, 2007 by TheUnicornHunter

[Kor37 9]

We have another winner!

Teen's Cigarette Sets Off Stolen Powder

AP

Posted: 2007-07-11 17:10:07

BAYOU BLACK, La. (AP) - Stolen gunpowder went up with a bang when a teenager flicked cigarette ash near the open bottle, according to the Terrebonne Parish Sheriff's Office.

 

Alex Joshua Horn and Johnathan Anthony Porche, both 19 and from Bayou Black, remained in jail Wednesday on charges of shoplifting and possessing or making a bomb. Both were arrested Sunday evening.

 

Wal-Mart workers had called the sheriff's office that evening, saying three teenagers had been asking about gunpowder and PVC pipe.

 

About 8 p.m. Sunday, deputies were called to a house in Bayou Black, where they found damage from an explosion in the kitchen and dining room. They also found Horn, a resident of the house, and Porche, who lives a block away.

 

The youths told investigators that the bottle of black powder - a specific form of gunpowder - had been shoplifted from Wal-Mart, and Porche's cigarette had touched it off.

 

Both youths were treated for minor burns before they were booked. More arrests are possible, investigators said.

 

 

[thestupidvulcan 0]

Wow.

Not only will cigarettes destroy lungs they will also make things go boom.

Who knew...

[Kor37 9]

An Early Winner This Week!

Fireworks Experiment Guts Man's Garage

By STEPHEN MANNING,AP

Posted: 2007-07-15 20:39:31

CENTREVILLE, Va. (AP) - A man who was apparently trying to make fireworks touched off an explosion in his garage and set his house aflame Sunday, authorities said. No one was hurt.

 

Flash powder, used in fireworks, was found among chemicals in the garage, said Mike Campbell, a spokesman for the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

 

A side of the attached garage was gutted, but the house didn't appear to be badly damaged.

 

"It just appears he may have been wanting to make his own homemade fireworks," Campbell said. "This is what happens when you do that."

 

Dangerous chemicals were stored in the garage and in a shed behind the house, said Capt. Chris Schaff, a spokesman for the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department. Local officials asked the ATF and FBI to assist because of the nature of the chemicals.

 

Two adults and two teenagers had to evacuate the home. Authorities were interviewing the man Sunday evening, and no charges had been brought.

 

 

[Gummy 0]

The stupidity of some people frightens me at times.

[Kor37 9]

Another Winner!

Man Calls 911 to Save Him From Police

AP

Posted: 2007-07-16 18:08:29

LARGO, Fla. (AP) - A 38-year-old man was arrested after he called 911 and told a dispatcher he was surrounded by police officers and needed help, authorities said.

 

Police officers met Dana Farrell Shelton after being called to investigate a disturbance at a bar on Sunday but had found no problems and told him to move along.

 

Shelton, who officers said appeared intoxicated, then called 911 to report he was "surrounded by Largo police," according to an arrest affidavit.

 

"Our officers were standing there scratching their heads. He called, standing there in their presence," Largo Sgt. Melanie Holley said. "It's one of our 'truth is stranger than fiction' cases."

 

Shelton was charged with misdemeanor misuse of 911. The charge carries maximum penalties of one year in jail and $1,000 in fines.

 

[MrPsychic 1]

Sounds like he'll need a night in the drunk tank, then let go in the morning.

[Kor37 9]

It must be a full moon this week!

 

Misunderstood Hand Signs Trigger Brawl

AP

Posted: 2007-07-17 18:04:33

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - A brawl involving five men apparently began over a misunderstanding when a man who is deaf and mute was communicating through sign language and another man took offense, thinking that the hand gestures were disrespectful. Police say what resulted was a brawl in which a gun was fired Sunday outside a pizza store in east Anchorage.

 

Raymond Keith McWain, 26, had just turned a corner in his car when he noticed a truck with three men alongside his car. The deaf man was communicating with the other two in the truck through sign language, police said.

 

McWain thought the sign language gestures were some sort of slight or "disrespect" toward him, police said. He made some gestures of his own and honked and cut in front of the truck before pulling into the pizza store. The men in the truck followed.

 

In the parking lot, McWain and the three men from the truck began pushing and shoving, police said. McWain's cousin, Daniel Harris, 20, who works at the pizza store, came out and began beating the deaf man as the deaf man's companions pummeled McWain.

 

Multiple shots were fired from at least one gun.

 

Police are looking into whether Harris pistol-whipped the deaf man. A shot might have gone off then, police spokesman Paul Honeman said.

 

The men from the truck left the parking lot.

 

When police arrived they found McWain lying in the parking lot bleeding heavily from his head and upper body, Honeman said. At first police thought he'd been shot, but it turned out his injuries were from being beaten and kicked. McWain was taken to a local hospital where he was listed in fair condition.

 

The deaf man also went to a hospital later that night for treatment.

 

Police found Harris crying, crouched near the front counter inside the pizza store, court documents said.

 

The only man arrested was Harris, who was charged with possession of methamphetamine. When police searched Harris they found several plastic baggies of meth, a glass pipe and $4,691 in his pockets, court documents said.

 

Harris' bail was set at $15,000. According to a public database, he has no prior convictions in Alaska. The investigation into the fight and gunshots is ongoing.

 

Information from: Anchorage Daily News, http://www.adn.com

 

 

[Odo 0]

When i was little I had a friend who was deaf.

and learned sign. but as years have gone by have lost a

of it but remember nothing offencesive about it.

thats just a bunch of crap.

 

It is in a way a majustic art form

Edited July 19, 2007 by Odo

[Kor37 9]

Woman Leaves Kids to Pose Nude in Woods

AP

Posted: 2007-07-19 17:53:39

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) - A 20-year-old Syracuse woman who left children in her care to go pose for nude photos is facing several charges of endangering the welfare of a child.

 

Police say Michelle Rendino was supposed to be watching four young girls yesterday when she left them alone and went into the woods near Syracuse's Inner Harbor to have a man take nude photos of her.

 

A man fishing saw the children crying and called police. When police arrived, the oldest girl - a six-year-old - told police that "Aunt Michelle" went into the woods to take "nasty pictures."

 

Rendino says she asked the man to take nude photos of her so she could get back at her ex-boyfriend.

 

The children were returned safely to their mother.

 

 

 

Women NEVER ask me to do that for them............... :biggrin:

[Kor37 9]

Dogs Help Nab 3 in K-9 Center Break-In

AP

Posted: 2007-07-20 14:26:33

GAINESVILLE, Ga. (AP) - It's a bad idea to burglarize a place marked "K-9 training facility."

 

Police dog handlers arriving Wednesday at the abandoned nursing home where they hold training sessions discovered two men and a woman dismantling the building's copper pipes and wiring, Hall County Sheriff's Sgt. Kiley Sargent said.

 

When the officers arrived, the three dropped their tools and ran. That was their second mistake.

 

"For anyone to try to run from a whole unit of canines, it's just a no-win situation," Sargent said.

 

Pamela Puckett, 37, quickly surrendered. Marc Black, 18, was tracked to a trash bin behind a nearby convenience store. Paul Perry, 39, was treated for a superficial dog bite just below the buttocks after his arrest, authorities said.

 

Signs outside the northern Georgia facility warn, "Caution!!! Gainesville Police Department K-9 training facility - Keep Out."

 

"It's not like it was a secret," Sargent said. "I guess someone who is that determined to steal something might not pay attention."

 

High copper prices in recent years have led to thieves breaking into power plants and abandoned factories to rip out the wiring.

 

Perry, of Gainesville, and Puckett and Black, of nearby Braselton, were charged with burglary, Sargent said. Perry and Black also face misdemeanor obstruction charges.

 

 

 

Such brilliant people....... :biggrin: